A group in Anambra State has advocated the establishment of three special universities to be named after three illustrious sons of the State.
According to the group, Golden Organization for Accountability in Leadership and Development (GOLD), the three high-heeled individuals that should have special universities established in their names are Innoson (Chief Innocent Chukwuma of Innoson Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd, Nnewi), Chief Arthur Eze of Atlas Oil & Gas ltd and Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha.
In a chat with journalists yesterday (November 24) in Awka, the Anambra State capital, after a crucial meeting, Chairman of the group, Comrade Anthony Ozo said he and other members of the group were on a mission to “generate tangible progress in Anambra State” through the establishment of three universities in the State within the next one year, .
“We feel strongly that the Chief Executive Officer of the Innoson Group of Companies, Dr Innocent Chukwuma who is doing well in the automobile industry in Africa and beyond should be encouraged with our support to establish a university in his name,” Ozo argued. “The proposed name is Innoson University of Technology.
“We also consider Sir Arthur Eze as one of those with the capacity to establish a university in Anambra State to be named Arthur Eze University of Management and Legal Studies, while the 3rd one should be Igwe Alfred Achebe African University of Culture and International Studies.”
“We have various committees including legal, education, contact and mobilization, membership and administration, women mobilization and non-indigene committees.
“These committees are geared towards growing and enforcing the belief and concept of the organization.
“We call you (the media) because we can’t do all these things without the support of the media,” he added.
A chief promoter of the group, Chief Paul Nwosu, disclosed that the group planned to work in collaboration with those three individuals to ensure that the dream of birthing the proposed universities became a reality as early as next year, even as he assured that they would also work towards getting the National Universities Commission (NUC) to approve the proposed universities.
“God helping us, we must make these three universities functional and can even start admitting students within the next one year,” Nwosu said.
“You can even hold us accountable the way we want to hold governments accountable. We want to live by example.
“We know the mindset and thinking pattern of personalities we have chosen to work with and know they will always do anything that can promote Anambra State. When we might have started the projects, in the next four to five years, the State will not be the same again.
“Government is not maximizing the opportunities we have in Anambra. By the time we start implementing our proposals, maybe it will start to open the minds of future political leaders in the State.”
